Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 10, 1910, Page 14

RACING 0N Bl \I\'l'S‘RA[’PM e Gangs of Workmen in Handicap Com- petition at City National. SBERIAL DEVELOFMENT SHOWN ch Step from Com Naked Steel Skelet in Growth of Offices to wering strated st The erection of of rac begin with foundation | end ending with th 18 & handicap a story apart becomes complete and d are put on each rising In of the at Harney proa constructive speed, the exemplified Th a skyscrape tetween the gange of wh frame n th the after the as been laid interior excavation It finish race with the the start he erection « Nation Sixteenth ar street hing comple sue on of has Eastman Natlonal bird & Ro “kach gang precision. T symmetrically #on heen at tirm sing prsenting "t ructure the e lesigned the lowed building has been going up in perfect unie step In the growt srded by the rd, il photographs. v of the bullding 1 pany days b ing construction com in daily rec ated each ten y A bullding on proce Ing to Inesday ated » big bullding from the painted t » the steel the frame riveted and CITY NATIONAL BANK tile flooring and |ished offices on the & iME OMA | TIMELY RE\HST\N G0S \lP | Recent Election in Florence Assures That Village Greater Activity. PAVING IS WELL UNDER WAY column_tire-prooting of con. | all complete to the roof the six ove tr haif ead 1o bricklayers supported by | Down storfes and the Ap race the walls at a the handie t erecting kel ton, were the sndults through whic carried th lap of their Alongside permitted g electrical below eating rigers being The story steam pip wire completed below or the plumb- as structural de electrieal work- | that are to s glving light and | vice | | Tile Arches. | That Flcrer the laying the “floor sleepers,” long |t the electior ing city was at )8 embedded in concerte, to which flooring proper nalled. On the |Paving of Main stre 5ith story the concrete gang was laying [Pleted and in another hed and open for beautiful the forty construction bilow of people endowed with a TOSER for nowhere the whole pread ont Mother Nature for its lovers. Acre is the prescribed | the city are near also in big demand which the City National has been T | [this week two big farms changed hands ling since the completion of the steel |y, 411309 up in five and ten-acre tracts, to| ume. The last step in the series will be : : |be put on the market this summer. T} ‘ nstallation of the marble and ma- |’ oo M aarte ot L ke of propert and bronze fittings of the half dozen started b eley th ace were Sewers Are Planned and Forty Ave Started, Be New | as close | were the the duits Houses with Many Built This Summer. More to | the lephone Fireproof ser real htiy estate year will move rapldly In assured Tuesday | when the issue of improy- | stake and won out. | t now halt com days will be Just finishing the ninth story were was orkmen P th the th will be 1s thirty he comes fint bile the the n the Automo. ate the Two-thirds ¢ installation | Plan® bucks' | the Yet belc the huv floor the interior b4 1L being put in place. The| About floor proof tile o & which sepa with the | way | that | can th now under he other th story ming and way up the seve the L o tem suburb nort life partition door 3 on | all nees ot. the ! W on city as new ind in inde pianned The rap cos | many the near west of more are re. are reside of nature 1s such plaster by rouzh 3 of lov state smooth or fini; sltes ough coat oack to a before & the ow in al by tract and to o set s cond scenes came on At two storle a week te at trave the ho Eact men beh 1y [that it s nuhl almost as soon as it ix put | | work- tar | pre other. The | the Internal stage, top to the fin- gange of are in Just ®o [t th: race ind the leaders as with view i« neceseary AS. 8- TeRGIL owners living in last week nembers tying interference cach of process permits of the building naked steel at the a whos: momy every to devote attention to beaut and improving the Prairie Park dis- | trict. The Prairie Park club includes wli the property owners in the district as mem- | bers and hes the following board of ..m B. G King. president | Helen president; M v Curran, secretary, and J Rrauman | treasurer. The club will meet on the sec- ond Saturday of each month The for the six-story | bullding which will be -erected at the cor-| | ner of Sixteenth and Jackson streets, has been awarded to F. P. Gould & Son. The from th vice contract | $100,000, once. The work of erection will begin at With the announcement of the probability | of the Grain Exchange seeking a new home | comes the probability of that concern unit | ing with the Real Estate | the Commercial club to build | especially for these interests | that the Commereial club w | ters and the Real Estate ing about securing a large could be designated as th change building. The has a special committee on location which |18 holding frequent meetings, listening to propositions which are offered. a building s new quar- xchange Is tak- bullding which Real Estate ex Commercial club Contractors are all busy figuring on new work which is now on sight and which is to | be done this spring. Residences are being planned in all parts of the city and several blocks are contemplated, some of which will be started at once. Several blocks are BUILDING TODAY. Building Record tor March Bullding operations were upon & pheno- menal scale in March from the standpoint of the money invested. Permits were fis- sued in fifty-two principal cities, accord ing to offical reports to Construction News, for the erection of 20,718 bulldings, involy- ing a total estimated of $70,69,753, against 17481 bulldings aggregating in cost cost No. Bldgs. CITY AND STATE. New York the Bronx Chicago, 1ll..... Philadelphla, Pa Brooklyn, N. Y Newark, N. J. Los Angeles, ( Ban Francisco, Detroit, Mich... Kansas City, Seattle, Wash Portland. Ore. Minneapolls, Mini Denver, Colo Rochester, N. Y. Indianapolis, Ind. Baltimore, Md.. Milwaukee, Wis Cincinnati,” O, Buffalo, N. Y Washington, D. Pittsburg, Pa... Bpokane, Wash Columbus, O.. Oakland, Cal Dallas, Tex Toledo, O.. Duluth, Minn Omaha, Neb.... San Diego, Cal.... Birmingham, Ala...... Salt Lake City, Utah Memphis. Tenn Richmond, Va Loulsville, Ky Tacoma, 'Wash. Grand Rapids, Mich Davenport, Ia Fort Worth, Tex Paterson, N. J San Antonio, Tex Houston, Tex Lincoln, Neb. Topeka, Kan WilkesBarre, Cedar Raplds, Chattanooga Terre Haute, Des Moines, 1a South Bend, Tnd Ran_Jose. Cal Pueblo, Colo Stockton, Cal Sacramento, Cal including Manhattan « Pa Ta Ténn Ind Totals ¥ TIn New York City there was a loss of 18 per cent, while Chicago had a gain of 2 per cent, Philadelphia 39, Brooklyn 11, Min neapolis 0, Indianapolis 48, Cincinnati and Buffalo 3 per Pittsburg has a decrease of 19 per cent. The Pacific coast 1s the center of interest for a great many people who study the growth of cities and are Interested in building cons and for the first time they pre tradictory conditions, San Fr ing decrease of 47 per cent, 20,718 19, cent also truction ent con nelsco show while L 1910, ofE also to be bullt In the jobbing district. In- dications now are that Omaha will have an Although work Is but fairly started, there |18 & scarcity of brick and contractors are already feeling the shortage. Cement block concerns are doing a big business and many brick will be imported this summer to fill the shortage. $69,058,184 for the same month a vear ago, an Increase of 3,257 bulldings and $1,637,669 or 2 per cent. The figures are In wide con- trast with those for the preceding month, as they Involve twice the amount and there | were increases in thirty-three clty against a falling off in nineteen cities, figures in detail are as follows Dr. H. P. Jensen, who has lately The | tul Jome in Sunset addition. F. W. baugh is the arshiteet and contractor | the dwelling. Sla- for mated Cost. No. of Bligs. tima'd ~Per Cent Gain.. Loss | 1 Paul M. Kuhns will begin | of a five-story bullding at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets about May 1. the ground floor and forty-two apartments in the storles above. will be ters. while the Twenty-fourth street side will measure sixty feet. Mr. Kuhn has had the property excavated for some time. Edward Johnston is now erecting three houses in the Field club district. be on the northwest corner of Thirty- fourth boulevard and Poppleton and will be erected at a cost of $6,000. This house will be modern in every respect, with fire- places, window seats and everything which goes to make a dwelling cheerful. The other two will cost about $4,000 each and will face south on Poppleton avenue. One wiil be finished in Craftsman style and the other in English fashion. All three will be ready for occupancy in about a month. The architect is Lioyd D. Willis. LOOK WELL TO YOUR FURNACE Veteran Furnace Man Saya tion 1 E Proper m}im “One of the most important, if not the most Important, item in building a house,” says John Hussle of the John Hussie Hard- ware company, “is the heating plant, and vet it is an item frequently given but little attention. When one considers that the| | comfort and health of the entire family is | ——— ~ | involved and that fuel must be provided cent, and | for gbout six months in the year, one| Portland | 1oq)iz¢4 the importance of seeing that the e "“v)}::"‘" :‘“‘ "l’:| In- | heating apparatus is the best that can be PP s m'":"‘ o ":I‘ had. Without doubt the most healthtul, | comfort-giving and economical heater for whlle ;racoma has an increase of 2|, "0 4inary Home I8 & warm alr furnace 17,481 2 $69,068, 184 Angeles has a gain Seattle has a los A gain of 66 per of 49 per makes a jump, cent, of 49 per ¢ 42 per cent, cent crease | nign class | des v | brick res Kennedy | bid submitted calls for an expenditure of | changé or with | 1t is certain | unparalleled perfod of building this spring. | ro- | turned from California, is erecting a beautl- | the erection These apartments | made suitable for bachelor quar- | The Farnam front will be 108 feet long, | One will | HA IND. \Y m~l~ \I‘RIL 10, New 19i( Costly [)“cllmos Bunldmg in Omaha Steel Bridge Over the Platte Distinet lndnvidunlity is Shown as Well as Ingenuity of Architecture. Saunders County Commissioners Offer to Pay One-Fourth Cost of Con- struction and Upkeep. of distinct built at this time Omaha. On these which their owr take a personal pride, the ingenuity the architect is let loose. The one desire 18 to have a dwelling that will continue to be a source of pleasure and a place of comfort for many years. Probably the most costly private resi- now being erected in the city is that I'red Hamilton at 608 South Thirty- 1t will cost, according to the build- $18,000, but to add a few thousand more |s no trouble when such a home s belng brought to completion. It 1s & brick red house Louls Kirschbauin lence gorE Harney eet, Many quite costly dwellings {ndividuality being in various of hou in Me s of the board of commissioners of Saunder willing ¢ fourth of the cost of a I bridge oV the Platte river at Valley and will pa one-fourth the cost of up-keep. Their prop osition is looked yp falr by the Doug las county board and the chances are ex ant that & steel bridge will replace the wooden structure carried away some weeks ago by ice It is purposed to put in across the western channel are necessary at the place Indicated the {sland forming the conjunction Iink Up to recent time,” sald Commissioner Trainor wers unable (o get Saunders county t are in the exp. at all and this offer of one-fourth seems to us good. We could not force them (o pay anything in all probabili s county are Ay one sections steel bridge Two bridges with to a tor eighth ing permit, vefied we brid solld proportions at at putting ous up a ;810 which is to cost number of new from 5,000 to 88,000 In cost homes ranging are under procexs George W. Garlock I charactsr in the hands 3514-16-18-20-22 Lincoln | The Investment in the five| which are of frame, will be close onstruc [ contrac ot tion five sea of of bouley at Rooms Wall Papered For $1.00 a Room That is we will make your old wall paper look like new for as low as $1 LET US CLEAN water and ofl color LET US OLEAN arble and stoic just like new when w We have the latest and be Alr Cieaners on the market, which wiil clean the most Delicate Rugs, Oarpets, Bedding, Draperie Upholstered Things and Lace Our- tains, | Glve us your contract for | Mrs. Wharton Wins || e & o || ALL OUR WORK I8 EU'IAIAI'.I‘IID Another Polnt ©all up Douglas 7149 C. Ellington, OFFICE, 812 NO. 18TH ST. ard houses to $40,000 Glenn Kk ancy C. Wharton having a dwelling put up for his own at Thirty-seventh and Jackson st It will cost complete something in excess of $16,000 hree of the is modern br oceu- | pets. our paintings. X M Pag y Looks work vacumn e do the, brick veneer & m i04 Pacific These houses investments popu those style South A will of about houses are of A Dewe individual | Thirty-eighth I*. Smith, 3010 re nt $7,000 palinting ESuprcme Court Remands Boggs Es- tate Case with Order to Al- low Her $62,570. LINCOLN, Neb., April 9.—(Speclal Tele gram.)—Mrs. 1da M. Wharton has again | | won out in the supreme court in the liti- gation over the estate of George H. Boggs, her former husband. The court today re- manded the case to the district court with instructions to allow that part of the claim disallowed by the lower amounting to $6,69.58. Judgment is then to be entered for a total of § , instead of the $66,- § as awarded by the district court. The estate has been in litigation since 18%, | and it has been passed on by the supreme court several times. Judge Rose wrote the opinion of the majority of the court, while Judge Root wrote a dissenting opinion, which was concurred in by Judge Letton SELLING OUT FINE ARTISTIC WALL PAPER P LESS THAN COST 2008 FARNAM ST. court, Tumble Causes Paralysis. While working upon the roof of the three- story bullding at Thirteenth and Leaven- | worth streets, which is belng bullt for the A. Booth Fish company, Arthur Mott, 35 years old, who lives at 804 South Thirteenth street, lost his balance Saturday morning and fell headlong to the alley below. He was ploked up by his tellow workmen of the National Roofing company and it |was found that the man's left side was | paralyzed. He was taken in an ambulance to St. Josoph's hospital, where he was found to be In a serlous condition, probably suffering from internal injuries. | . . | most economieal, easiest rated market, get the American Furnace W.S. HEATON, Sole Agent for Omaha Phone Harney 3565. MANTELS AND TILE Fireplace Grates and Fixtures, Tile Floors for all purposes. Furnaces; all kinds of Hardware Milton Rogers & Sons Co., Fourteenth and Farnam Streets and best heater on The plans call for three store rooms on | Don’t Break Your Back Move your stove with a set of Stove Castors $1.50 PER SET OF FOUR. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS 1206-8 Douglas St. Both Phones ..__.__— T s A r"\‘w;a' O o.xwp 25 ANCHOR FENCE CO. The Place and Time to Get Your Iron or Wire Fencing. Phone Red 814, 207 North 17th 8t. - THE FINEST NEW FIRE PROOF STORAGE BUILDING IN THE STATE. Our facilities for storing house- hold goods are the finest. We have our own special method. We know how. Every modern storage accommodation for private or mer- cantile purposes. per cent. The falllug off in Seattle shouid | % W0 A8TY L0 |not be aisheartening as it is about ti | that it should im\o"u lull, bocnux«emul‘:;:: “Werk youpraperly: dnstalied, . for {p] tremendous activity which characterized | $VerY case where & warm alr furnace | bullding In that city poreRgy vy 4 fails to give satisfaction, it will be found | | Conditions for a continuation of activity | that it Is not the fault of the system, but| em good in all parts of the country of inadequate captetly, or improper Instal- | lation. The home bulider should himseif Death_Sciies Invalid Doctor as He i1s Boarding Train L sl Dr. M. R. Stover, 33 years old, an invalid @entist who has been suffering from heart trouble for four or five years, died sud- denly at the Union station Saturday morning while he was being put on a train | in an invalid chair Dr. Stover arrived in Omaha from Casper, | Wyo., In company with his wife and was #oing to Canada to regain his heaith. Just as attendauts at the station were about to lift the chalr, in which the man was seated, onto the train, death seized him. His death was due to acute heart trouble, brought on by Bright's ddisease. The attack came on four or five days ago and he was take charge of the letting of the contract for his furnace, Investigate the merits of | the various furnaces and take sdvantage of the scientific knowledge he may obtain by dlscussing the heating question with an Intelligent up-to-the-minute furnace m He should not walt until everything else in the house is located and locate the furnace {In some corner that 1s left. Neither should he belleye that all furnaces are allke sim. ply because the guarantees read about the same. Houses are not warmed with guar- antees “I repeat that, properly installed, no| other heating apparatus Is so healthful or | %o well adapted to comfortably warming | & dweling in mild or extreme cold weather, as s & Warm air furnace, and belleve that the home builder is well repaid who stud- les the heating question well."” belng hurried from the high aititude of | | Wyoming, on account of his heart. The| | man's home was In Norwich, Ontario | where the body will be taken when re leased by the coroner, who took charge | of it shortly after the man's death, Wheat Needs Ral Last year March gave us less than one inch of rain; our average taking the last forty years being two and one-half inches. As & general thing, a dry March means & good start toward farm work, but this March has been altogether too dry for the wheat. | When you Want whai you want when you want it, say so through The Beo Want Ad columas, Omaha Fire-Proof Storage Co. 804-812 8. 16th St. 'Phones, Doug. 1750; Ind., A-1885, SEEDS fi 1 o, o s, B Why waste time and money planting doubtful seeds when you can buy seeds that grow from Nebraska Seed Co. 1613 Howard Sireet Telephone Douglas l136 WRITE FOR CATALOGUE FREE i For the cleanest, most-durable, ope- the. The ““Stucco™ House| It is not generally 90% of the houses, public countries of Continental Furo ished in stucco. This material is compose and sand in about the proport in making sidewalks. American adaptibility has devised a system by which old frame houses may be converted at small cost into th ternal appearance of stone by the use o stucco on expanded metal lath. This makes them warmer in winter and coolex in summer. Saves paint and fuel The Stucco house is now cepted fashion in house architectur Any good plasterer can do the work An architect should be consulted Write for full information free by realized (i wmd pri the mail NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. 132 8. Clark 8t., Chicago. FURNACES If furnaces were all alike, AND the installation was all alike, i would matter little installed vour furnace. BUT furnaces NOT all alike, unfortunately much cheap work is being done in Omaha. Fox Furnaces for which we are agents for Omaha, are known the world over as the best money will produce, and we say without fear of contradiction that our methods of installation are not equaled in the west. Only the most expert workmen em ployed and each job under our PERSONAL supervision. More about it next Sunday. John Hussie Hardware Co. “IF YOU BUY IT OF HUSSIE IT'S RIGHT." 2507-09 Cuming Street. who are sole il st Mu Charming grounds brimming with a wealth of the eye with delight are the kind worth striving for dens to the one here fllustrated can be produced wth one |l &t a cost that can be very moderate, or, should the ‘taste |l declde, they can be made very elaborate by the addition {l pergolas, fountains, garden seats, etc For_hardy out-door grown plants and trees, the garden, send us your order F. W. Meneray, Crescent Nursery Co. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Omahs Sales Ground, 21st and Farnam Sts. beantiful things that Equally be or two ye and pocketh of such acc r il time ssories as which are most essentiial to 1A Phone Harney 4550. Champion Fence Co. el l'" =] ||| - New Location—Fifteenth and Jackson Strects Iron and Wire Fences, Trellises for Vines, Tree Guards, Hitching Posts and Window Guards Telephone Douglas 1500 Sond for Catalogue WE MANUFACTURE THE BEST Cement Blocks IN OMAHA-ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN Contract Work Given Special Attention OMAHA CONCRETE STONE COMPANY 28th Avenue and Sahler Street FRANK WHIFPFERMAN, -] e For Town or Camplng Porch Screens, Window and Door Screens Omaha Window Screen Co. Doug, 4682 Res, Phone: Web. 4231, Ind. B-3018, fable Sr:raen Huuses Electric Blue Printing, day or night, rain or shine. Nothing too large or too small. MODERATE PRICES 7th Floor Bee Bl 17th aad Farsam Streest I‘robrlelor Faller Henry M. Johannszen [y, miter ; Paints, Oils, Glass---Glazing a. Specialty ) Good Paints at Reasonable Prices. l Telephone, Douglas 849, 114 South Fourteenth BM,